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Dalhee Yoon; Juan Benavides; Jiho Park; Keisha M. Wint; Frank Okyere Osei; Susan Yoon – Youth & Society, 2025
This study examined patterns of peer affiliations and their associations with child maltreatment, substance use, and future expectations. This study focused on 844 adolescents from the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect. We identified four distinct peer-affiliation patterns: (1) no affiliation with peers who engage in either prosocial…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Peer Relationship, Attachment Behavior, At Risk Persons
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Williford, Anne; Fite, Paula; Diaz, Kathleen; Singh, Mehar – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
Given the significant negative impacts of peer victimization on youth development, studies have sought to understand what buffers against these consequences. To that end, the present study examined whether teacher attachment and perceptions of school safety moderated the associations between different forms of victimization and school absences…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Victims, Bullying, High School Students
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Umemura, Tomotaka; Lacinová, Lenka; Juhová, Dana; Pivodová, Lenka; Cheung, Hoi Shan – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2021
Although Bowlby proposed that adolescence is a major developmental period to transfer their attachment figures from parents to other people, no comprehensive longitudinal study on attachment transfer from early to late adolescence exists. This study employed 215 early to late adolescents between ages 11 and 18 years (X-bar[subscript age] = 14.02,…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Late Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Social Development
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Cyr, Betty-Ann; Berman, Steven L.; Smith, Megan L. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2015
Background: The popularity of communication technologies such as text messaging, e-mail, instant messaging, and social networking sites has grown exponentially, especially among adolescents. At the scale of growth along with the pressures and normative use of communication technology, psychological effects of these technologies need to be further…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Adolescents, Adolescent Development, High School Students
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Ollendick, Thomas H.; Benoit, Kristy E. – Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 2012
In this paper, one of the most common disorders of childhood and adolescence, social anxiety disorder (SAD), is examined to illustrate the complex and delicate interplay between parent and child factors that can result in normal development gone awry. Our parent-child model of SAD posits a host of variables that converge to occasion the onset and…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Parenting Styles, Risk, Parent Child Relationship
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Brent, David A.; Melhem, Nadine M.; Masten, Ann S.; Porta, Giovanna; Walker Payne, Monica – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2012
The aim of this study is to assess the impact of sudden parental bereavement on subsequent attainment of developmental competencies. This longitudinal study reports on 126 youth bereaved by sudden parental death (suicide, accident, or natural death) and 116 demographically similar nonbereaved controls assessed at 9, 21, 33, and 62 months after…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Accidents, Program Effectiveness, Parents
Chen, Xinyin, Ed.; Rubin, Kenneth H., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2011
Filling a significant gap in the literature, this book examines the impact of culture on the social behaviors, emotions, and relationships of children around the world. It also explores cultural differences in what is seen as adaptive or maladaptive development. Eminent scholars discuss major theoretical perspectives on culture and development and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Aggression, Social Behavior
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O'Koon, Jeffrey – Adolescence, 1997
Examines older adolescents (N=167) perceived levels of attachment to parents and peers, along with their self-image. Results indicate that attachment to parents continues to remain strong into late adolescence for both males and females. Females had stronger attachment to peers whereas males had higher levels of self-image. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Attachment Behavior
Camerer, M. C. Gore – 1994
This book offers parents an understanding of the nature and role of adolescent friendship. Chapter 1 presents an introduction to the topic of friendship and examines the benefits and characteristics of friendship, types of love, attachment styles, and contextual features that affect friendship. Chapter 2 discusses friendship stages across the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Adults, Attachment Behavior
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de Jong, Marjolein L. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1992
Security of attachment and level of individuation from parents and peers was examined among 42 undergraduates with a history of suicidality, 42 undergraduates with depression, and 42 undergraduate controls. Suicidal students had the least security of attachment, the least degree of individuation, and the highest incidence of parental…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Attachment Behavior
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Repinski, Daniel J.; Zook, Joan M. – 2001
Noting that during adolescence the importance of feeling intimate or close to a relationship partner (mothers, fathers, or friends) increases and that closeness to parents is associated with positive adolescent outcomes, this study examined how features of adolescent relationships are related to adolescents' experience of subjective closeness in…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences
Rotenberg, Ken J., Ed.; Hymel, Shelley, Ed. – 1999
Despite the apparent universality of loneliness and its link to psychosocial maladjustment, research on loneliness has emerged rather recently in the history of psychology. This book brings together varied theories and lines of research on loneliness among children and adolescents to provide a source for future research. The chapters are: (1)…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Child Development